Plot Summary: The story of Sweeney Todd is of a wrongfully imprisoned barber in Victorian England who sets out to seek revenge on the judge who imprisoned him. The plot is foreshadowed in the first lines of the opening number: "Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd./His skin was pale and his eye was odd./He shaved the faces of gentlemen/Who never thereafter were heard of again."
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RELEASE DATE
December 21st, 2007 (wide)
April 1st, 2008 (DVD)
STUDIO
Paramount Pictures
DIRECTOR
Tim Burton
STARRING
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bowen, Jayne Wisener, Laura Michelle Kelly, Ed Sanders
USER RATING
 | 9.7/10 |
Total: 388 vote(s).
GENRE
Drama, Special Interests, Suspense
OFFICIAL SITE
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MPAA RATING
Rated R for graphic bloody violence.
RUNTIME
117 min
LANGUAGE
English
BUDGET
$50,000,000
OPENING WEEKEND
$9,350,000
TOTAL GROSS
EXTERNAL
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at AskMen.com
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